Wake County Concealed Carry Permits Up 77 Percent in 5 Years

In the past 5 years, the number of concealed carry permit holders in Wake Co. has grown by 77% according to the Triangle Business Journal.

77% is pretty impressive, although it’s not surprising given the situation that we as gun owners have been in over the past 5 years.

Wake County is a pretty friendy place to apply for a concealed carry permit. There have to be nearly a hundred different places to take a CCW class, and the Sheriff’s department has made the actual process for putting in the application about as streamlined as it can be (we now have a process for applying online for a CCW, as well as a dedicated office in the Sheriff’s Department just for processing purchase and concealed carry permits AND they moved the office downstairs so you don’t even have to take the creepy elevator upstairs anymore).